Snowboarding is back in the spotlight at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Wednesday's Photo of the Day puts the focus on Russia's Alena Zavarzina as she races to the finish line in the women's snowboarding parallel giant slalom semifinals. The dramatic shot ...

Fragments of a Soviet-era military satellite that was expected to hit Earth burned up in its atmosphere on Sunday, according to Russian television network RT. The Cosmos-1220 satellite burned up on reentry to the Earth’s atmosphere at 5:58 p.m. Mosco...

Yandex NV, Russia's largest search engine, tumbled for a third day in New York, heightening the adversity in its struggle to preserve a lead against Google Inc. following the death of co-founder Ilya Segalovich. Shares of Yandex, based in The Hague, ...

Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is a blow to President Barack Obama's desire to "reset" U.S. relations with its Cold War enemy. The Russian action puts in doubt a summit planned f...

Russia has been making international headlines for banning all kinds of stuff over the last couple years. On Tuesday, Vitaly Milonov promised Russia would arrest both athletes and tourists visiting the Olympic games next winter should any of the gay ...

Yesterday, an unmanned Russian cargo ship filled with trash and an astronaut treadmill cast off from the International Space Station to make way for a fresh delivery, set to launch to the orbiting lab this weekend. The robotic Progress 50 spacecraft ...

It's no Russian meteor, but Californians experienced a shooting star of their own on Friday night. Residents reported seeing a flash of light over the San Francisco Bay area, with some sharing their sightings on Twitter: Just saw meteor over San Fran...

Say you’re fluent in English, and want to reach a distant cousin that’s rooted instead in a different language. Spanish or Portuguese or Russian, perhaps. And say you’re both well-connected with current technologies. You’re each into the SMS thing. I...

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